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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.


A. N. Wilson

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N. SCOTT MOMADAY My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who...
N. SCOTT MOMADAY As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse.
N. SCOTT MOMADAY I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.
N. SCOTT MOMADAY I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and ...
N. SCOTT MOMADAY I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservat...
N. SCOTT MOMADAY Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the...
N. SCOTT MOMADAY I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood ...
N. SCOTT MOMADAY Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
N. ROBERT HAMMER